Owen Wrote:
> I'm not sure you need to go as far as a standard database. Considering
> the small number of large LMS suppliers in the market, actually even
> building an interface to each one is a minimal amount of work (6 major
> systems, 4 major suppliers?) - if only they all had published API to
> work with...
Ah that Standard API Holy Grail again! You only have to have a view
of the processes behind standards like NCIP to realise that the
chances of the ILS vendor community quickly coming up with a useful
workable open standard API definition that will open up their systems
is virtually zero.
So I am supporting the continuance of the monolithic ILS as the
disintegration problem is insolvable you may think? You know me
better than that - bring on the DLS. But if the Vendors will not
agree a standard way to bring this about, it will be up to others to
do it. I am aware of a few early moves in this area that will
hopefully be a useful SOA contribution - watch this space.
......... from a blog posting 'ILS or DLS that is the question' on
Panlibus about this thread [http://blogs.talis.com/panlibus/archives/
2007/10/ils_or_dls_that.php]
Richard Wallis
Technology Evangelist, Talis
Received on Tue Oct 23 2007 - 18:43:01 EDT